Melanoma Research Foundation | jennifer83 | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/jennifer83/activity/ Activity feed for jennifer83. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:04:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f1228495d7f8426d2054c7c034f58d85 jennifer83 replied to the topic Melanoma regression w/ immunotherapy... Recent CT shows new mass in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/melanoma-regression-w-immunotherapy-recent-ct-shows-new-mass/#post-276006 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:28:14 -0500 Sorry to hear about your recurrences Soonerjen14 and KAF.

I’m headed in for scans and my third treatment this round on Sunday.  I’m nervous about this recurrence.  I’ve lost quite a bit a weight (down 20 lbs since they discovered this – and this did not happen with my last treatment). I also can actually feel pain in my left lung/hilar area w…Read more

]]> 815fad85df6448f50c04be03adb800f3 jennifer83 replied to the topic Melanoma regression w/ immunotherapy... Recent CT shows new mass in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/melanoma-regression-w-immunotherapy-recent-ct-shows-new-mass/#post-275793 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:28:33 -0400 Thank you both for your replies.  The node lit up on the PET scan and I had a biopsy last week that confirmed it is melanoma.  They are starting me on yervoy/opdivo again this weekend.  Same drugs as last time, just switching dosing in hopes that I won’t experience such adverse side effects as I did last time.  Fingers crossed because I’m in a new…Read more

]]> 0733499cc5d5b6a5db67f003e2eb5ede jennifer83 started the topic CT Notes - Can someone help me in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/ct-notes-can-someone-help-me/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:23:48 -0400 Hello,

I posted a few days ago and have since gotten a clearer chart note uploaded and thought I’d share.  Although I have been responding well to treatment over the last two years, my oncologist said my newest CT scan showed a new mass in a lymph node in my lung.  Over the phone he said, “We’re not sure what it is, I can’t say it’s cancer, so w…Read more

]]> b87c74d450cc7c13f17d95aea8b6873e jennifer83 started the topic Melanoma regression w/ immunotherapy... Recent CT shows new mass in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/melanoma-regression-w-immunotherapy-recent-ct-shows-new-mass/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:05:05 -0400 Hello.  I started treatment in Nov 2019 for Stage IV melanoma.  I completed 4 cycles of opdivo/yervoy and was switched to monotherapy after that.  I was only able to undergo one infusion of monotherapy because I started having major adverse reactions (hypothyroidism, hepatitis, ketoacidosis – now type 1 diabetic, major vision issues).  I hav…Read more

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